Research on the Rocks
The podcast where quality research meets quality cocktails. Hosted by two researchers at the Unversity of Oxford, join Paula and Josh as they chat about interesting things with interesting researchers while drinking interesting drinks. Covering research from maths, music and medicine through to philosophy, physics and politics, we interview PhD students and postdoctoral researchers about what it is that makes them tick - apart from our cocktails, that is...
Episodes
6 episodes
Episode 5 - Anti-Vaxx History with Paula Larsson
Who knew that vaccine resistance is as old as vaccines?? Soon-to-be-Dr. Larsson did! In fact, she just wrote a whole dissertation on it! We are back from a long hiatus to talk about the history of vaccines and anti-vaccination move...
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Episode 4 - All You Need Is Maths feat. Caoimhe Rooney & Jessica Williams (Mathematigals)
It's time to get mathematical, with two special guests from the world of applied mathematics! Dr Caoimhe Rooney is a research fellow at NASA Ames Research Centre who uses maths to study exoplanets with the goal of understanding how they formed,...
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Episode 3 - Zachary Cox, Master of Disaster
Okay, you can't really be 'master' of disaster - in fact, you are more likely to find that disasters always come out on top in a head-to-head, but Zachary Cox argues that's not the case. Talk to the small business owners and innovators who have...
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Episode 2 - Rachel Wheatley vs The Resistance
Dr Rachel Wheatley spends her days fighting against the resistance - antibiotic resistance, that is. Antibiotic use is widespread today, with people often demanding antibiotics from doctors even when they don't have bacterial infections. Intens...
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